Recap / Sesame Street

A list of episode recaps for the PBS Kids and HBO series Sesame Street.

Due to the Long Runner nature of this show, recapping episodes may be difficult. Any and all contributions are appreciated.

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Season 1

1. Welcome To Sesame Street: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
2. Do Not Disturb: Oscar is tired of everyone wanting to talk to him, so he gets a Do Not Disturb sign.
3. A Sweater for Susan
4. Hooper's Store: While Mr. Hooper is out, Gordon, Susan, and Bob mind his store.
5. A Wet Day
6. Block Party
7. Birthday Jelly Beans
8. Hunting for B Words
9. The Missing Cat
10. Hooper's Store 2: Big Bird helps mind Hooper's Store.
11. Store Mixup: A mix-up at Hooper's store places a jellybean in Gordon's carton of eggs, and an egg in Big Bird's pack of jellybeans.
12. Mr. Hooper's 'J': Mr. Hooper is selling a giant "J" at his store.
13. Helping: Big Bird helps out at Hooper's Store.
14. Strange Footprints: Big Bird finds what he believes are a monster's footprints on the ground.
15. The Letter O: The letter "O" seems to be everywhere on Sesame Street.
16. The Magic Book: Gordon and Big Bird find a magical book about spells.
17. The Grouch Bowl: Oscar watches the Grouch Ball while Mr. Hooper searches for his missing glasses.
18. Balloons: Big Bird has to take some balloons to Hooper's Store.
19. Block Party: The gang throws a block party to raise money to save a sick tree.
20. Teaching: Gordon and Bob teach kids about a lot of things.

Season 2

1. Big Bird Crosses the Street: A lesson on crossing the street and obeying simple traffic rules.
2. Pete Seeger
3. Slimey: Oscar gets a new pet worm he names Slimey.
4. The Letter M: Everyone on Sesame Street is thinking about the letter "M".
5. Lost Parakeet: The residents help a friend find her lost parakeet.
6. Soapbox Scooter
7. Sanitation Strike: The residents deal with the local sanitation union going on strike.

Season 3

1. Meet Mr. Snuffalupagus: Big Bird meets a mysterious mammoth-looking creature named Aloysius Snuffalupagus, or Mr. Snuffalupagus, who seems to disappear whenever other people are around.
2. Rain: A day of rain hits Sesame Street.
3. Grover and Maria
4. Paper Airplane in a Tree
5. Cookie Monster cooks: Oscar looks for a chef and hires Cookie Monster.
6. The Big Rain: A big storm is forecast to hit Sesame Street, and the characters deal with various situations. (Essentially, a rethinking of Episode 289.)
7. Snow (Part 1) - Freddy helps at the Fix-It Shop: While the residents wait for a snowfall, a little Muppet boy named Freddie helps with Maria and Luis at their job.
8. Snow (Part 2) - Big Bird shovels snow: During a snow day, Big Bird offers to shovel snow from the sidewalk but annoys Maria and Luis.
9. Snow (Part 3) - Snuffy sees a snowman: Snuffy tries to communicate with a snowman but gets no word, and ends up giving Big Bird at least some proof to his existence.
10. Jesse Jackson Visits Sesame Street: Oscar enters a photo contest sponsored by the Grouch Gazette; Jesse Jackson speaks with The Kids.

Season 4

1. Alphabet Roll-Call: Learning the alphabet, by having a character having the appropriate first letter introduce themselves, in order from A to ... Y?
2. Soapy Water
3. Robot Lunch: Sam the Robot makes lunch; the first airing of a memorable segment where a new letter of the alphabet is unveiled.
4. Grouch of the Year: Oscar is awarded Grouch of the Year by the Disagreable Order of Grouches.
5. The Letter T
6. A Visit From Stevie Wonder: Stevie Wonder and his entourage visit the Street, sharing his musical genius with the cast, crew and viewers. Grover even gets to spend the day with him.
7. Grover and Sam the Robot: Grover gets acquainted with Sam the Robot. Meanwhile, it's another day with Cookie Monster.

Season 5

1. Just Another Quiet Day On Sesame Street: A typical day on Sesame Street, presented as several vignettes about the lives of everyone in town intertwined into a single narrative.
2. Big Bird Cries Snuffleupagus: Big Bird becomes obsessed with calling to the adults to get them to meet Snuffy that they refuse to come to him once he does show up.
3. Shoveling Snow: Big Bird tries to come up with an easier way to shovel snow.
4. Shopkeeping: Mr. Hooper and David don't agree on how to run the store.
5. Poetry and Pox
6. The Electric Company Visits Sesame Street: Millie the Milk Lady and Easy Reader drop by Sesame Street.

Season 6

1. Counting Streetlights: During the evening hours, The Count counts lights as they come on (in the early evening) and go out (at night, when it’s time for bed).
2. Cookie Monster at Hooper's Store: With Big Bird, Susan, and Luis busy with various things, David reluctantly lets Cookie Monster keep an eye on the store while he helps his mother at her house.
3. Pirate Oscar: Oscar is playing pirate.
4. Pretending: Everyone is in the mood to play pretend.
5. Snuffy and Mr. Hooper: Snuffy wants to meet Mr. Hooper.

Season 7

1. Headline Howie gets the scoop on Snuffy: A news reporter begins spreading word about Big Bird's imaginary claims of Snuffy, which drives him crazy.
2. Big Bird runs for president: After listening to a report from the President over the radio, Big Bird wants to run for President himself.
3. Leaving for New Mexico: Luis agrees to go to New Mexico to help family build a new house.
4. New Mexico (Part 1): Upon arrival in New Mexico, Big Bird makes friends with the ranch animals.
5. New Mexico (Part 2): Oscar tries to get used to the New Mexico ranch's lifestyle.
6. New Mexico (Part 3): Big Bird begins missing Snuffy, despite the others' claims he can't miss imaginary friends to his befuddlement.
7. New Mexico (Part 4): Big Bird goes with Maria and Buffy to visit the Taos Pueblo.
8. New Mexico (Part 5): After returning from New Mexico, Big Bird tries to discover what he's the best at.
9. Anger: Luis yells at Herry after accidentally staining his shirt.
10. Maria's New Job
11. The Wicked Witch Of the West Visits: The Wicked Witch Of the West comes to Sesame Street to find her lost broomstick.
12. Switching places: David and Luis swap jobs for a day.
13. Grouch Club
14. Grandma Visits: David's grandmother from Florida visits Sesame Street for the first time.
15. Super Grover closes shop: Super Grover finds himself locked in Hooper's Store late at night.
16. Ernie and Bert's Sing-Along: Ernie holds a sing-along in Bert's bathroom, much to Bert's chagrin.
17. A day with Ernie and Kermit the Frog: We spend the day with Guy Smiley, Ernie, and Kermit the Frog doing various activities on Sesame Street.

Season 8

1. Hooper's Silver Anniversary: Mr. Hooper and his friends celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hooper's Store.
2. Pencils

Season 9

1. Special Day: All sorts of stuff going on on Sesame Street. Bert's having a parade, Oscar's hosting a cooking show, and Grover is pretending to drive a car.
2. Leaving for Hawaii: The gang decide to visit Buffy and her family in Hawaii.
3. Hawaii (Part 1):
4. Hawaii (Part 2):
5. Hawaii (Part 3):
6. Hawaii (Part 4):
7. Hawaii (Part 5):
8. Woodrow Woodpecker: Big Bird's friend Woodrow comes for a visit.
9. Cookies and Sleep: Cookie Monster is too smart for Maria's tricks. Meanwhile, Big Bird is having trouble sleeping.
10. Woof Woof: A big dog named Woof Woof arrives at Sesame Street.

Season 10

1. Name That Dog: Gordon thinks Woof Woof needs a new name.
2. Christmas Eve On Sesame Street: Big Bird sets off to find out if there really is a Santa Claus.
3. Painting: Big Bird paints his yard.
4. Telly: Telly Monster comes to Sesame Street.
5. Barkley and David: Barkley hangs out with David.
6. Ball on the Roof: Super Grover tries to get a ball off the roof.
7. Arguing: Oscar is in the mood to argue with someone.

Season 11

1. Puerto Rico (Part 1): The gang decide to surprise Maria by traveling to Puerto Rico to celebrate her birthday.
2. Puerto Rico (Part 2):
3. Puerto Rico (Part 3):
4. Puerto Rico (Part 4):
5. Puerto Rico (Part 5):
6. Home From Puerto Rico:
7. C-3P0 and R2-D2's Visit:
8. Insomnia and Cookies: Big Bird can't sleep. Meanwhile, Maria and Cookie Monster talk about cookies that begin with the letter "G".
9. The Return Of C-3P0 and R2-D2:
10. Sesame Beach: Big Bird sets up a pretend beach for everyone to hang out at.
11. Oscar's Spanish Sign: Oscar orders new signs for Luis and Maria for the Fix-It Shop.

Season 12

1. Big Bird Goes To School: Big Bird has his first day of school.
2. Big Bird Meets Mister Rogers: Exactly What It Says on the Tin in this Crossover episode.

Season 13

1. Birdwatchers watch Big Bird: Big Bird is visited by eccentric birdwatchers who become convinced he's an endangered species.
2. Snow Visitors: The start of an eight-episode-long Story Arc, centering on record breaking winter weather begins with Maria's cousin Mercedes and Big Bird's pen pal Zero the Penguin arriving just ahead of the weather event of a lifetime.
3. Cold Wave: Sesame Street gets a taste of the nationwide cold snap.
4. Blizzard: A huge snowstorm hits New York, stranding Maria's cousin on Sesame Street.

Season 14

1. Camp Echo Rock (Part 1): Big Bird agrees to go to summer camp.
2. Camp Echo Rock (Part 2): The first full day at camp, and Big Bird gets homesick.
3. Camp Echo Rock (Part 3): Big Bird and the campers enjoy water activities and get mail.
4. Camp Echo Rock (Part 4): Big Bird and the campers go on a hike.
5. Camp Echo Rock (Part 5): Time to go home and reflect on a fun week of camping.
6. Gordon and Susan's Anniversary: Gordon and Susan tell Big Bird about the day they got married.
7. Remembering, Honking and Pretending: Mr. Hooper shares memories of how people traveled around New York when he was a young boy.
8. Slimey's birthday: Oscar and Telly throw a birthday party for Slimey.
9. Photo Album: Mr. Hooper's brother, Arnold, visits the gang and shares a photo album of Mr. Hooper when he was younger.

Season 15

1. Gordon and Snuffy Run the NYC Marathon: When Gordon is chosen to participate in the NYC Marathon, a rather slow Snuffy cannot keep up with him.
2. Big Bird can't get back to sleep: After having a bad dream, Big Bird has a hard time trying to sleep again, so he gets help from Maria, Susan, and the Honkers.
3. So Long, Mr. Hooper: The adults and Big Bird help each other cope with the death of Mr. Hooper.
4. The DBC's: Oscar argues that "D" should be the first letter in the alphabet instead of "A".
5. The Balloon: Big Bird and Bob try to fit a balloon through the door to Susan's apartment.
6. Election Day on Sesame Street: Big Bird's attempt to use the street's Election Day as an attempt to get the adults to meet Snuffy has minor setbacks.

Season 16

1. The adults begin to believe that Snuffy is real: Big Bird has had enough of the adults dismissing Snuffy as imaginary and gives them a strong message, and soon enough a few of them stand on his side.
2. Butterfly Hunting
3. Luis breaks his arm: Luis gets into an accident at the Fix-It Shop and breaks his arm.
4. Luis's arm: Luis adjusts to having his arm in a cast.
5. Balloons: Big Bird helps Luis blow up some balloons while he has a broken arm.
6. Luis's cast removal: Luis gets the cast removed from his healed arm.
7. Elmo's rhyming game: David shows Elmo how he can play a rhyming game with a computer.
8. Paper towel roll: The gang has fun with an empty cardboard tube.
9. Mrs. Snortleoutagus: Uncle Wally's friend, Mrs. Snortleoutagus bears a strong resemblance to Snuffy.
10. Teaching Carlos English - Luis' friend Carlos visits from Cuba, and the Sesame Street-goers work together to teach him English.
11. Cuckoo clock - Big Bird becomes fascinated by Maria's cuckoo clock, and the cuckoo bird inside.
12. Snuffy's bath - Big Bird helps Snuffy take a bath.
13. Hidden Grouches - Oscar challenges some kids to find four hidden Grouches in a picture.
14. Vegetable juice stand - Big Bird starts a vegetable juice stand.
15. A Note for Snuffy: Big Bird writes a note to Snuffy.
16. Big Bird forms the Birdketeers: When Oscar refuses to let Big Bird join his Grouchketeer club, Big Bird decides to start his own club, the Birdketeers.
17. The Martians cause trouble for Big Bird: Martians arrive on Sesame Street and cause a lot of mischief, but Maria thinks Big Bird was behind it.

Season 17

1. Snuffy is Real: The adults finally – and purely by accident – meet Big Bird's friend, Mr. Snuffalupagus.
2. Snuffy Befriends Maria: After being revealed to the adults, Snuffy asks Maria for advice on how to make friends.
3. Snuffy plays the harpmonica: Snuffy becomes addicted to showing his new instrument to Bob, making Big Bird feel left out.
4. Gordon Babysits Snuffy: Gordon watches over Snuffy at his cave to get to know him better.
5. Telly and Oscar: Telly wants to have a discussion with Oscar.
6. Reading: Everyone is in the mood for reading.

Season 18

1. Night Sky: Gordon’s class takes a field trip to Sesame Street to — along with Big Bird observe the night sky.
2. Luis' Glasses: Luis has been having trouble seeing, so he visits an optometrist and gets a pair of glasses.
3. Elmo's New Doll: Elmo gets a new doll whom he names after David, but considers changing it to avoid confusion.
4. Oscar's Furcut: Oscar is due to have his fur cut.
5. Snuffy's Puppet Show: Snuffy puts on a puppet show.
6. Nest Camping: Big Bird sets up a pretend campout in his nest.
7. Hide and Seek: Telly wants to play Hide and Seek with the Count, but the Count gets hung up on counting while Telly hides.
8. Build and Seek: Biff and Sully build a dome, while Snuffy plays hide-and-seek.
9. Opposites
10. Grouch Airlines

Season 19

1. Mumford's Voice Trick: Mumford accidentally switches around people's voices.
2. First Date: Luis and Maria realize they are more than "just friends" when the two agree to a dinner party at a friend's house.
3. Alone Time: Elmo looks for somewhere to be by himself for a bit.
4. The Wedding: The conclusion of a season-long story arc, culminating with the marriage of Luis and Maria.

Season 20

1. Bob meets T.J. the deaf kid/Oscar's Junk Band
2. Migration: Some migrating birds are staying with Big Bird.
3. Stinky the Seagull
4. Oscar goes to Candy Cane Lane
5. Birth Of the Baby: The drama of Maria in the hospital and everybody waiting for the birth to happen.

Season 21

1. Elmo Gets a Letter: David, who recently moved from Sesame Street, writes Elmo and the gang back in New York to talk about how everything's going with his new life.
2. Did Gabi Say "Oscar"?
3. Help From Helena: Gina and a monster named Helena host an advice show.
4. Indiana Jones and The Golden Cabbage of Snufertiti
5. Oscar's Trash Sale: Oscar holds a trash sale; like a yard sale, but with trash.

Season 22

1. Grouch Appreciation Day: Telly gathers a group to throw a party for Oscar.
2. Bob throws a party: Big Bird is annoyed when he does not get invited to Bob's all grown-up party and wonders what he thinks he'll be missing.
3. Sheryl: The Two-Headed Monster meets a girl named Sheryl, who uses a wheelchair.
4. Sad Times: The Sesame gang talks about times where they were sad.

Season 23

1. Debra Visits: Debra Winger visits Sesame Street to have her toaster repaired.
2. Birthday on the News: Elmo covers Prairie Dawn's birthday party on the news, which makes it hard to keep it a surprise.
3. A Day at Bob's
4. Flo Bear
5. Wanda the Word Fairy visits Sesame Street
6. Elmo-mobile: Elmo takes his invisible car around for a spin.
7. Elmo Practices: The end of the "classic era" has Elmo wanting to learn how to dance.

Season 24

1. Grandma's Day: Big Bird and Snuffy make treats for their grandmas on Grandma's Day and Big Bird is soon led to a strange surprise.
2. Bookshelf: While Maria builds a bookshelf, Elmoe learns to be patient.
3. A Day at the Movies: When Big Bird, Snuffy, and the gang go out to a movie, wild things occur before the movie starts.

Season 25

1. Around the Corner: Big Bird and the gang anticipate the grand opening of a new playground.
2. Oscar can't get the Sesame Street theme out of his head: Oscar gets the "Sunny Days" song stuck in his head and tries in vain to rid of it; Big Bird attains to an overexcitable Zoe.
3. Oscar's Newsstand: A peek into Oscar's job around the corner while running his grouchy newsstand.
4. Big Bird sings his favorite song: Big Bird's attempts to sing his favorite song are interrupted by menial favors by the streetfolk.

Season 26

1. Betty Lou's Dolly loses her head: The head of Betty Lou's favorite doll falls off and is found by Zoe.
2. Gabi's Training Wheels: Gabi keeps making excuses to avoid having the training wheels removed from her bike, and Big Bird must help with her fears.
3. Elmo's annoying song: Elmo keeps disrupting Ruthie at her job by singing the alphabet song nonstop.
4. Big Bird earns a dollar: When Big Bird is rewarded with a dollar for helping Mr. Handford, he wonders what he should spend it on.
5. Big Bird and Gabi play cowpokes: Big Bird and Gabi pretend to be cowpokes competing for the title of "best drawer in the west"; Elmo spends a day with Gordon and Susan.
6. Rosita tries to fly: Rosita practices flying like her family but has bumpy results.
7. Elmo and Baby Bear's Playdate: Elmo and Baby Bear have a playdate at the park, but they both want to do different things.
8. The Staring Contest: Big Bird keeps losing staring contests to Snuffy and asks Carlo to help him get better at it.
9. Surprise Doll Birthday Party: Big Bird, Telly, and Lexine host a surprise birthday party for Telly's doll Freddy, and soon Mr. Handford is roped into the festivities.
10. Take a Bird to Work Day: The adults of Sesame Street bring various birds to their jobs; Big Bird gets to go with Gordon to high school science class, while a duck seemingly annoys Benny with his break.
11. Storybook: Telly asks Ruthie to read a book for him.

Season 27

1. Big Bird has the Memory Flu: Elmo has to take drastic measures when Big Bird catches a rare illness which causes him to lose his memory of everyone.
2. Gina and Carlo Start New Jobs: Big Bird feels it won't be the same when Gina quits Hooper's to run the day care and Carlo takes her place.
3. Hatching a Honker Egg: When Big Bird and Luis are asked to watch a Honker couple's egg, the baby starts thinking Luis is her dad.
4. Big Bird wants to be the Alligator King: When Celina's class puts on a play about the Alligator King, Big Bird is jealous when he does not get the best part.
5. Snuffy's Birthday Party: On Snuffy's birthday, Big Bird decides to do a magic act and insists that's all Snuffy wants.
6. Following a Butterfly: Big Bird becomes convinced a butterfly wants to play follow the leader with him and the children, and they are soon led to undiscovered parts of the park.
7. Big Bird has the Birdy-Pox: Big Bird catches a disease which causes him to break out in green spots.
8. Catch: Baby Bear is afraid to play Catch again after getting hit in the head with a ball.
9. Baby Bear wants to change his name: Baby Bear considers changing his name because he isn't technically a baby anymore.
10. Hiking: Gordon, Miles, Telly, Rosita, and Elmo go hiking.
11. Granny Bird Might Visit: When Big Bird learns Granny Bird's visit has been delayed, he begins feeling so upset he might get too angry to see her once she finally does come.

Season 28

1. Elmo's fear of clowns: Telly and Carlo discover Elmo is afraid of clowns and must try to help him face it.
2. Snuffy leaves for two days: When Snuffy leaves for a two-whole-day vacation, Big Bird must find a way to take care of himself.
3. Big Bird and the Cuckoos: Big Bird must find a way to get rid of a family of Cuckoo Birds who move into his nest.
4. The Princess and the Golden Goose: A sorceress casts a spell on Big Bird causing the adults to get stuck to him, and they must get a princess to laugh in order to break it.
5. Invisible Barkley: Mumford accidentally turns Barkley invisible.
6. Kerri's Birthday Party: Big Bird is invited to a blind girl's birthday party and learns different ways of how blind people cope with their lives.
7. Abelardo Visits: Big Bird's Spanish-speaking cousin comes to visit, but the two keep missing each other by just a second.
8. Friends of 3

Season 29

1. Moving Day: A little boy, whose family are newcomers to the Street, is sad because they moved and now has to make new friends.
2. Slimey Wants To Go To the Moon: First in an extended Story Arc concerning Slimey the Worm wanting to go where no worm has gone before.
3. Slimey Enrolls With WASA: Slimey is accepted to WASA for space exploration training.
4. Slimey Goes Into Space: Launch Day finally arrives on Sesame Street, but getting things off the ground proves to be harder than expected.
5. Big Bird Sleeps at Gordon and Susan's Apartment: Big Bird recalls to Snuffy the time he became obsessed with spending nights with Gordon and Susan when he was afraid to sleep in his nest.
6. The Baby Bear’s Picnic
7. It’s Monster Day!: Big Bird wants to join Elmo, Rosita, and the other monsters in their annual Monster Day, but their activities don't seem suitable for a bird.
8. Crisis on the Wiggleprise: Slimey and the crew of the Wiggleprise experience a disaster that forces them to cooperate.
9. Slimey Lands On The Moon: The historic day finally arrives.
10. Slimey Returns Home From the Moon

Season 30

1. Welcome Alan: Big Bird and the Birdketeers meet Alan, the new storekeeper of Hooper's, and give him quite a welcome.
2. Gina studies to be a veterinarian: Big Bird helps Gina with her studying to become a veterinarian by having a pretend vet on the street.
3. Big Bird and Elmo play hide-and-seek: During a game of hide-and-seek, Big Bird has trouble finding Elmo anywhere, not knowing he's hiding where he least expects it.
4. The Countketeers: Big Bird, Telly, and the Birdketeers decide to form the Countketeers club with the Count, but he wires them out with his nonstop counting activities.
5. Big Bird gets 'C is for Cookie' stuck in his head: Big Bird gets addicted to Cookie Monster's famous song and cannot stop singing it, so he asks his friends for help.
6. The Wrong Package
7. Linda's Birthday: The street-goers learn how to sing "Happy Birthday" in sign language for Linda's birthday.
8. Hibernation Nap
9. Big Bird and Baby Bear
10. Zoe's Pet Rock, Rocco: Zoe introduces her new pet rock who constantly interferes with Elmo's plans, driving him crazy.
11. Prairie Dawn's Pageant
12. Broken Toaster: Luis needs to have the toaster repaired.

Season 31

1. Ernie becomes a Birdketeer: Ernie joins Big Bird's Birdketeer club and soon begins stealing all the attention by turning everything into duck-related activities.
2. Snuffy Can't Play With Big Bird: When Big Bird is forced to postpone his playdate with Snuffy, he tries other activities to pass the time.
3. Elmo and Lulu's Story
4. Opera
5. Missing Fluffy: Fluffy the elephant goes missing while playing hide-and-seek with Gabi.
6. Birdseed Pizza
7. Snuffy the Pirate Ship: Snuffy plays pirates with Elmo, and acts as the ship.
8. Plant Pretending: Elmo and Big Bird pretend to be plants.
9. Porridge Machine: Baby Bear's papa has built a machine that makes porridge.
10. Runaway Ts: All of the letter Ts are running away and it's up to Big Bird, Telly, Gabi, and Tarah to solve the mystery.

Season 32

1. Alphabet Explorers: Zoe, Elmo, and Telly hunt for alphabet animals.
2. The Hurricane, Part 1: Preparations: A hurricane is expected to hit Sesame Street, and Big Bird must prepare.
3. The Hurricane, Part 2: A Nest Destroyed: In the aftermath of the hurricane, Big Bird finds his nest had been damaged and will take a long time to repair.
4. The Hurricane, Part 3: Memories: While waiting for his nest to be repaired, Big Bird shares good times with Maria and Luis.
5. The Hurricane, Part 4: Rebuilding: Big Bird admits he doesn't know how to rebuild his nest, which he soon discovers with advice from Granny Bird as well as lots of teamwork.
6. The Hurricane, Part 5: The Final Twig: The gang finally finishes rebuilding Big Bird's nest, only to discover it might not be safe enough to step in unless Big Bird gets one last bit of help from Snuffy.

Season 33

1. Big Bird and Snuffy's Letter Y School: When Big Bird can't think of a word that starts with Y, Elmo begins asking others for help.
2. Copier: Maria has to fix the copying machine, so Rosita and the kids make copies of a drawing by hand.
3. Zoe learns to play the trombone: Zoe wants to play the trombone in Big Bird's band concert but her skills aren't as good.

Season 34

Season 35

1. Cinderella's Fairy Godmother Mistake: When Cinderella is accidentally turned into a chicken and the Fairy Godmother bails, Zoe and Baby Bear have to find a way to change her back.
2. Little Furry Red Monster Parade: When Elmo decides to start a red monster parade, multiple non-red friends want to join causing him to alter the band name nonstop.
3. Elmo's Chicken Dream: After Elmo has a wild dream where he sings and dances with chickens, he enlists help from the others to help him fall asleep so he can have the dream again.

Season 36

1. The Healthy Foods Game: Elmo and Zoe race around Sesame Street to find four healthy foods in different colors before a mouse climbs a refrigerator and plays a piano.
2. The World's Greatest Birdseed Cookies: Big Bird teams up with Alan to make special birdseed cookies for Granny Bird's arrival.
3. As the Porridge Cooled: While Baby Bear waits for his porridge to cool down, he tells Telly a story of what really happened while he and his family waited for their porridge to cool.
4. Samara Visits: Bob's niece Samara, who is deaf, visits Sesame Street, and teached Telly and Rosita some sign language.
5. The Adventures of Little Big Bird, Part 1: Mr. Mumford's magic trick accidentally causes Big Bird to become small.
6. The Adventures of Little Big Bird, Part 2: Still small as a result of Mumford's trick, Big Bird tries to get help but finds it difficult.

Season 37

1. Abby Cadabby comes to Sesame Street: Fairy-in-training Abby Cadabby arrives at Sesame Street where the Muppets help her learn to make friends and show her all the fun they have there.
2. Abby Cadabby's first day of school: Abby goes to her first day at Storybook Community School but can't figure out what to bring for show-and-tell.
3. Herb, the plant eating dinosaur, visits Sesame Street: The residents of Sesame Street are stunned when a dinosaur shows up and participates in their activities.

Season 38

1. The Tutu Spell: Zoe accidentally uses Abby's wand and wishes everyone on Sesame Street would wear tutus.
2. Big Bird Breaks Elmo's Tricycle: After Big Bird accidentally breaks Elmo's tricycle and it has to get fixed, they pretend to ride tricycles to pass the time.
3. Big Bird Helps Zero: Big Bird helps the number 0 discover that he truly has a purpose in life.
4. Sleeping Grouchy: Oscar reads the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" with a grouch twist.
5. Triangle Lover Of The Day: While at a Triangle Lovers Club meeting, Telly is jealous when Baby Bear becomes crowned and gets all the attention.
6. Fairy Tale Emergencies: Prarie Dawn interviews various fairy tales and how they prepare for appropriate emergencies.
7. Melon Mystery: Telly investigates a disappearing melon.
8. Elmo's Letter: Chris helps Elmo write a letter to Abby.
9. Big Bird, Elmo and Abby sing: Big Bird and Elmo make up a song about the number 2, but when Abby wants to sing with them, they cannot think of a song about the number 3.

Season 39

1. How Many Hats?: There's a "How many hats can you wear at once" contest in the yard, and Elmo and Zoe compete to win.
2. Telly the Tiebreaker: Elmo and Zoe disagree over what song to sing, so they recruit Telly for the deciding vote.
3. Big Bird's nest sale: Radar is accidentally sold to the count for a nest sale held by Big Bird, and is soon given to other street folk.
4. Abby's first sleepover: Abby has her first sleepover at Big Bird's nest, and Maria and Luis are called to help with their routines.
5. Sesame Street Bird Games: Big Bird participates in the Sesame Street Bird Games amongst other real birds.
6. Mine-Itis hits Sesame Street: The residents of Sesame Street come down with a sickness which causes them to be selfish and greedy.
7. Hurry Up! You're Running Out of Time!: Telly competes on his favorite game show where he has to say the alphabet within a time limit while Denny the Distractor distracts him.
8. Maria the Cowgirl: After Big Bird reads a story about a cowgirl, he, Elmo, and Abby want to reenact it but disagree over who gets what part.
9. The Cookie Touch: Cookie Monster wishes he could have cookies all the time, and his wish comes true when the Cookie Fairy grants him the "Cookie Touch", which turns anything he touches into cookies.
10. The Help-O-Bots: After Chris reads a robot story, Elmo, Telly, and Rosita pretend to be robots to help out at Hooper's.

Season 40

1. Frankly, It's Becoming a Habitat: A bird realtor visits Sesame Street and convinces Big Bird he should migrate to another habitat like other birds.
2. The Cowmonster Pair: Elmo and Telly become cowpokes to catch Little Bo Peep's runaway cow on the street.
3. Hibernation: The bears try to hibernate, which turns out to be harder than expected.
4. Big Bird sprains his wing: Big Bird hurts his wing while roller skating and feels like he can't do anything until Elmo and Zoe help.
5. The Planet G: Maria helps Elmo find words that start with G for his story about G words.
6. The Counting Booth: Elmo and Abby substitute for the Count's Counting Booth while he is away, but the job is easier said than done.
7. Tribute to Number Seven: Zoe, Rosita, and Abby come up with ways to give honor to the number 7.
8. Abby's Tricycle: Gordon helps Abby learn how to ride her own tricycle like Elmo.
9. Jack Grows His Own Beanstalk: Telly and Leela help Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk grow his own beanstalk by finding the right thing to plant.
10. The Prince and the Penguin: Abby and Rosita play princesses with a penguin and soon a real prince joins in on them.

Season 41

1. Camouflage

Season 42

1. Camping
2. A Boat for Rocco: Leela helps Elmo and Zoe build a boat for Rocco.
3. The Good Bird's Club: Big Bird is invited to join a bird club but the president mocks his appearance, forcing him to change his image.
4. What's in Big Bird's Nest?: Big Bird is unable to sleep by feeling uncomfortable from what he thinks is something prickly in his nest.
5. Rhyming Block: Mother Goose comes up with new nursery rhymes with Elmo and Abby's help.
6. Reading Glasses: Telly helps Gordon search for his reading glasses.

Season 43

1. Build a Better Basket
2. Swan Dance: Snuffy is excited to be a swan in Zoe's new dance.
3. Porridge Art

Season 44

1. Painting: Cookie Monster and Alan paint together.
2. Pogo Games: Telly participates in a pogo-stick competition.

Season 45

1. Chicken School: Elmo, Chris, and Gordon find a school for chickens by the store.
2. Bert's Bike: The training wheels on Bert's bike have fallen off, so Luis helps him fix it.
3. Numeric Con: Sesame Street hosts a number-themed convention.
4. Penelope Penguin: Big Bird's pen pal Penelope Penguin visits.
5. Big Bird Loses His Nest: When Big Bird's nest is taken over by a narcissistic toucan who insists what they take is theirs, Chris must help him take a stand.
6. Sign Painting: Bert paints some signs.

Season 46

1. Bedtime Story: During Elmo and Abby's sleepover, they are too excited to go to sleep after Nina's bedtime story, so she helps them with their nightly routines.
2. Mucko Polo, Grouch Explorer: Oscar, Elmo, and Abby join a famous grouch explorer to find the grouchiest things on Sesame Street by using their senses.
3. Grover's Street Safari: Grover takes Elmo on a street safari tour where they meet wild animals by pretending to be them.
4. Funny Farm: Elmo, Abby, and Grover host a "farm fiesta" and learn what farm animals need.
5. Valentine's Day: On Valentine's Day, Elmo and Abby make special presents for each other and discover friendship is the best gift.
6. The Best Friend Band: Elmo and Abby form a two-person band and learn the importance of cooperation.
7. When Dinosaurs Walked Sesame: Elmo pretends to search for dinosaurs on Sesame Street, but Big Bird cannot find his costume to participate.
8. What I Love About Art: Abby shows Nina and the Muppets her special way of doing art differently.
9. Say Thank You to Your Face Day: Elmo helps Abby, Grover, and Telly learn how to honor their faces.
10. Abby's Fairy Garden: Abby's gardening tools are taken by a gnome and she and Elmo must play his memory games to get them back.
11. Birdie & the Beast: Big Bird tells a story about a bird who helps a beast become a good friend.
12. A Very Cookie Mother’s Day: Cookie Monster must learn to resist when he makes special cookies for his mother as a Mother's Day present.
13. Move It!: Elmo and Abby discover ways of working out on Move It day, but Cookie Monster would rather sit down and eat all the time.
14. Hooper's Lockdown: While preparing a cake for Alan's birthday, Grover places the store on lockdown with Chris still outside.
15. To The Moon, Elmo: Elmo, Abby, and Rosita pretend to be astronauts and imagine themselves going to the moon.
16. Boo Boo Busters: After discovering the importance of first aid, Elmo and Abby become doctors to help their friends feel better.
17. Dress-Up Club: During a game of dress-up, Prairie Dawn learns anyone can be anything.
18. Sesame Ocean: Abby transforms Sesame Street into an undersea ocean where she, Elmo, and the others become sea creatures.
19. Halloween: Elmo dresses as his favorite superhero for Halloween, but when someone copies his costume, he doesn't like it.

Season 47

1. Elmo Comes Clean: Elmo tries to avoid his bath time and gets dirtier and filthier in the process.
2. Big Bird's Song: Big Bird suffers a severe case of stage fright right when he is to sing in front of a crowd live.
3. Meet Julia: Big Bird has a hard time playing with Elmo and Abby's new autistic friend and Alan helps him cope with her behaviors.
4. How Many Hats?: There's a "How many hats can you wear at once" contest in the yard, and Elmo and Zoe compete to win.^note Plotline recycled from Season 39
5. Hello Rudy: Abby is excited to meet her new stepbrother Rudy, who is too shy to meet her because they're different.
6. Rudy Lets Loose: While Abby and Rosita are dogsitting for Grover, Rudy accidentally scares them away and turns himself into a dog to get them to befriend him.
7. Hide and Seek Rudy: While playing hide and seek, Rudy uses Abby's wand to find the best places, but when he turns into a banana, Abby fears she'll never be able to find him.
8. The Four Sneezons: Rudy casts a spell on Grover which causes him to change the seasons every time he sneezes.

Season 48

1. A Sesame Street Thanksgiving: While the residents of Sesame Street prepare for a big Thanksgiving dinner, Rosita tries to keep her abuela's special platter a secret.
2. Rosita's Sneaky Sneakers: When Cinderella would rather play than open her new shoe store, Rosita steps in with a suggestion.
3. Elmo's Nursery Rhyme: Elmo rallies up his friends to help Mother Goose with inspiration to write a nursery rhyme about him.
4. Donating Clothing: Rudy has outgrown his favourite sweater, but he is hesitant to give it away to the clothing drive.
5. The Last Straw: Bert searches for a place to nap in peace, but none of his options are suitable.
6. Hair: Prairie Dawn learns about different types of hair with her new friend, Gabrielle.
7. Surfin' Sesame Street: When Alan is unable to go on vacation, Elmo and the others set up a pretend beach on the street.
8. The Count’s Counting Error: When the Count makes a mistake when counting, he vows never to count again.

Season 49

1. When You're a Vet: After a veterinarian gives Slimy a checkup, Elmo and Abby start up their own pretend vet in the arbor.
2. Picture This: Elmo, Abby, and Rosita are given cameras by Alan and attempt to get the best shot.
3. Walking the Dog: Elmo offers to help Grover with his dog-walking job and goes to his friends for practice.
4. Farm Music Video: Prairie Dawn ropes Elmo, Zoe, and Rudy into making a music video for their new farm song.
5. Honk If You Love Libraries: Elmo goes to the library with Nina where Grover helps them find the books they need as well as learn what libraries are like.
6. Elmo's Happy Little Train: Elmo pretends to drive a train with Zoe and Rosita as his crew, and they come up with a way for Oscar to join.
7. The Big Pretend Band: Bert learns to use his imagination to pretend playing an instrument for Elmo's pretend band.
8. Sesame Friendship: Zoe and Rosita accidentally knock down Big Bird's block tower, but Big Bird misdirects his anger at Snuffy.
9. Elmo the Engineer: Elmo uses his engineering skills to make a device to pick up his toys for him.
10. Julia's Haircut: Julia is afraid of getting her hair cut, so Elmo hosts a pretend salon to cope with her fears.

Season 50

1. Big Bird Across America: Big Bird prepares to leave for a road trip with Nina to visit his Cousin Bird in California.
2. The Great Sesame Street Cake-Off: Cookie Monster and Conger compete against Alan and Grover in a bake-off before Elmo and Rosita suggest they work together as a team.
3. The Disappoint-O-Meter: Oscar receives an invention that allows him to detect people's misery.
4. Zoe Breaks Her Arm: After Zoe injures her arm from ballet dancing, she worries there's nothing for her to play with until further notice.
5. Birdie and the Beast: Big Bird presents a fairytale he wrote.

Season 51

1. Ramp Racers: Elmo and Rosita want to race ping-pong balls, but when the only ramp gets taken, they try to find a substitute.
2. Camp Out: Elmo, Abby, Ruby, and Charlie have a camp out where they solve a mystery of their marshmallows disappearing.
3. Measuring Big Bird: Nina runs out of smiley faces to measure Big Bird with, and the two must find an alternate use.
4. Family Day: Another party on the Street … this one celebrating the different types of families. Big Bird is upset his Granny Bird seemingly doesn't make it, not knowing the others have a big surprise for him.

Season 52

1. Robot Dog: Elmo and Tamir assemble a robot dog kit.
2. Elmo's Letter: Elmo is off to mail a letter.
3. Engineering: Elmo and Gabrielle use an engineer's approach to building a tower.
4. Art Museum: Chris inspires Elmo, Rudy, and Abby to create an art museum.
5. Bug Scouts: Elmo, Abby, and Cookie Monster are looking to do good deeds for bugs.
6. Numeric Con: Sesame Street hosts a number-themed convention.^note Plotline recycled from Season 45

Season 53

1. Kindness: Rudy, Abby, and Elmo look for ways to be kind.
2. Corn Festival: Sesame Street hosts a corn festival.
3. Jobs: Elmo, Gabrielle, Tamir, and Tango learn about different jobs.
4. Bert's Bike: The training wheels on Bert's bike have fallen off, so Luis helps him fix it.^note Plotline recycled from Season 45
5. Hair: Tamir and Charlie have fun with their curly hair.
6. Submarine: Elmo, Rudy, and Rosita make a play submarine.

Season 54

1. Can They Be Friends?: Grover hosts a game show in which he challenges others to guess if people can still be friends despite their differences.
2. Octopus Baker: An octopus who can make bread visits Hooper's Store.
3. Rosita's Name: Coach Jones thinks Rosita's name is Rosie, which upsets her.
4. Sleepover: Abby hosts a sleepover.
5. Self Portrait: Everyone is drawing a self portrait today.
6. Scootering: Chris finds his old scooter, which he shows Elmo how to use.

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